I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions.

Jeremy Philip Northam (born 1 December 1961) is an English actor. Personal life
Northam was born in Cambridge Cambridgeshire the youngest of four siblings. He is best known for his roles as Ivor Novello in the 2001 film Gosford Park as Dean Martin in the 2002 television film Martin and Lewis and as Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors.

He is best known for his roles as Ivor Novello in the 2001 film Gosford Park as Dean Martin in the 2002 television film Martin and Lewis and as Thomas More in the Showtime series The Tudors. Most recently he starred in the BBC Two drama White Heat.